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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Abb Technology Ag, Zurich, CH;
Mario Hoernicke, Landau, DE;
Rainer Drath, Weinheim, DE;
Ben Schroeter, Heidelberg, DE;
Kurt Langer, Walldorf, DE;
Jarkko Lalu, Espoo, FI;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
An exemplary method and a system for debugging a control system of an industrial plant where the system includes at least two different control sub-systems, of the same or different control equipment type, on plant or sub-system level, and has specific programmable controller units in devices like PLCs, DCSs, robots, drives, instruments and/or other process specific components whereas all specified parameters and signals of the control system across its sub-systems, devices, and technologies are extracted and visualized on a single sight and are utilized for the definition of system wide breakpoints, utilizing a subset of those signals or parameters, and related conditions, e.g. logical combinations of the signals or parameters.